The Tour de France is pottering along nicely. As usual, though, there will be riders who are forced to withdraw for whatever reason. If you want to know who has had to call it quits, we’ll update this as and when it happens.

There have been a few crashes on this year’s tour so far, some looked serious, but only one rider has had to withdraw as a result of a crash.

Rider: Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal)When: Stage 5Reason: Injured on Stage 4, did not start Stage 5. Crossed the line with blood streaming from his head, following a nasty pileup with 4.8 kilometres to go into Sarzeau.

Rider: Michael MatthewsWhen: Stage 5Reason: Did not start the stage after waking up sick. He was vomiting and unable to eat.

Rider: Luis León Sánchez (Astana)When: Stage 2Reason: The Spaniard crashed at 40 kilometres from the end and even though he got back on his bike to attempt to finish the stage, but he later retired to an ambulance. Scans revealed five fractures and he will require surgery.

Rider: Tsgabu Grmay (Trek Segafredo)When: Stage 2Reason: Severe abdominal pain, which had been troubling him before the race.

“I cannot express how disappointed and sad I am to have to leave the Tour de France, my dream race, only after a few days already,” said Grmay. “I came here with the best preparation ever and was completely ready and willing to give it my all to support the team and especially Bauke once we would come to the mountains.

“This totally thwarts those plans, but today it was not possible to go on. I don’t have words to explain my feelings – I feel terrible about this. I want to wish my teammates success for the rest of the Tour.”